introduce

English

Alternative forms

• interduce (eye dialect)

Etymology

From Middle English introducen, from Old French introduire, from Latin intrōdūcō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”) and *dewk-.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntɹəˈdjuːs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntɹəˈdus/, (proscribed) /ˌɪntəɹˈdus/

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• Hyphenation: in‧tro‧duce

Verb

introduce (third-person singular simple present introduces, present participle introducing, simple past and past participle introduced)

1. (transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).

   Let me introduce you to my friends.

   • 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 96:

     His unruly hair was slicked down with water, and as Jessamy introduced him to Miss Brindle his face assumed a cherubic innocence which would immediately have aroused the suspicions of anyone who knew him.

2. (transitive) To make (something or someone) known by formal announcement or recommendation.

   Synonym: give

   The senator plans to introduce the bill in the next session.

   Let me introduce our guest speaker.

3. (transitive) To add (something) to a system, a mixture, or a container.

   Various pollutants were introduced into the atmosphere.

4. (transitive) To bring (something) into practice.

   Wheeled transport was introduced long ago.

   • 2013 October 5, “The widening gyre”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8856:

     First introduced in Letchworth Garden City in 1909, the roundabout […] proved so popular in Britain that in the 1960s the Transport Research Laboratory developed a miniature version.

Conjugation

Conjugation of introduce

infinitive	(to) introduce
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	introduce	introduced
2nd-person singular	introduce, introducest†	introduced, introducedst†
3rd-person singular	introduces, introduceth†	introduced
plural	introduce
subjunctive	introduce	introduced
imperative	introduce	—
participles	introducing	introduced

^† Archaic or obsolete.

Synonyms

• (make something or someone known): announce

Derived terms

• cointroduce
• e-troduce
• introducee
• introducement
• introducible
• misintroduce
• reintroduce
• re-introduce

Translations

to cause someone to be acquainted

American Sign Language: BentB@FromTipFinger-BackFingerDown-BentB@InsideTrunkhigh-BackFingerDown BentB@TipFinger-BackFingerDown-BentB@CenterTrunkhigh-BackFingerDown Arabic: قَدَّمَ (ar) (qaddama) Armenian: ծանոթացնել (hy) (canotʻacʻnel), ներկայացնել (hy) (nerkayacʻnel) Asturian: presentar (ast) Belarusian: прадстаўля́ць impf (pradstaŭljácʹ), прадста́віць pf (pradstávicʹ), знаёміць impf (znajómicʹ), пазнаёміць pf (paznajómicʹ) Bulgarian: предста́вям (bg) (predstávjam), запознавам (bg) (zapoznavam) Catalan: presentar (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 介紹 / 介绍 (gaai3 siu6), 紹介 / 绍介 (siu6 gaai3) Hokkien: 介紹 / 介绍 (zh-min-nan) (kài-siāu), 紹介 / 绍介 (siāu-kài) Mandarin: 介紹 / 介绍 (zh) (jièshào), 紹介 / 绍介 (zh) (shàojiè) Danish: introducere Dutch: introduceren (nl), voorstellen (nl) Esperanto: prezenti (eo) Estonian: tutvustama Finnish: esitellä (fi) French: présenter (fr) German: vorstellen (de), bekannt machen Hindi: परिचय (hi) (paricay) Hungarian: bemutat (hu) Italian: presentare (it) Japanese: 紹介する (ja) (しょうかいする, shōkai suru), 引き合わせる (hikiawaseru) Korean: 소개(紹介)하다 (ko) (sogaehada) Luxembourgish: virstellen Maori: whakataki Norwegian: presentere, forestille (no) Persian: معرفی کردن (fa) (mo'arrefi kardan) Polish: przedstawiać (pl) impf, przedstawić (pl) pf Portuguese: apresentar (pt) Romanian: prezenta (ro) Russian: представля́ть (ru) impf (predstavljátʹ), предста́вить (ru) pf (predstávitʹ), знако́мить (ru) impf (znakómitʹ), познако́мить (ru) pf (poznakómitʹ) Southern Altai: таныштырар (tanïštïrar) Spanish: presentar (es) Swedish: presentera (sv) Thai: แนะนำ (th) (nɛ́-nam) Turkish: tanıştırmak (tr) Ukrainian: представля́ти impf (predstavljáty), предста́вити pf (predstávyty), знайо́мити impf (znajómyty), познайо́мити pf (poznajómyty) Vietnamese: giới thiệu (vi) (介紹)

to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation

Asturian: presentar (ast) Bulgarian: представям (bg) (predstavjam) Chinese: Cantonese: 引見 / 引见 (jan5 gin3) Mandarin: 引見 / 引见 (zh) (yǐnjiàn) Czech: představit (cs) pf Dutch: voorstellen (nl) Finnish: esitellä (fi) French: présenter (fr) German: vorstellen (de) Greek: συστήνω (el) (systíno) Italian: presentare (it) Latin: intrōdūcō Luxembourgish: virstellen Maori: kuhu, kōkuhu Portuguese: apresentar (pt) Russian: представля́ть (ru) impf (predstavljátʹ), предста́вить (ru) pf (predstávitʹ) Slovak: predstaviť pf Spanish: presentar (es) Swedish: presentera (sv)

to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container

Bulgarian: вкарвам (bg) (vkarvam), внасям (bg) (vnasjam) Catalan: introduir (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 導入 / 导入 (zh) (dǎorù) Esperanto: enplekti Finnish: lisätä (fi) French: introduire (fr) Hungarian: ereszt (hu), juttat (hu), enged (hu) Italian: introdurre (it), iniziare (it), inserire (it), incominciare (it), cominciare (it), avviare (it) Latin: intrōdūcō, indō Maori: kōkuhu, whakauru Occitan: introduire (oc) Portuguese: introduzir (pt) Spanish: introducir (es), dentrotraer (es), injerir (es), inserir (es), enserir (es)

to bring into practice — see also bring in

Bulgarian: въвеждам (bg) (vǎveždam), внедрявам (bg) (vnedrjavam) Catalan: introduir (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 推行 (zh) (tuīxíng) Czech: zavést (cs) Dutch: introduceren (nl) Finnish: ottaa käyttöön French: introduire (fr) German: einführen (de) Greek: Ancient: παράγω (parágō) Hungarian: bevezet (hu) Italian: introdurre (it) Luxembourgish: aféieren Polish: wprowadzać (pl) impf, wprowadzić (pl) pf Portuguese: introduzir (pt) Russian: вводи́ть (ru) impf (vvodítʹ), ввести́ (ru) pf (vvestí) Spanish: introducir (es) Swedish: införa (sv) Turkish: uygulamaya koymak Ukrainian: запрова́джувати impf (zaprovádžuvaty), запрова́дити pf (zaprovádyty), вво́дити (uk) impf (vvódyty), ввести́ pf (vvestý)

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Translations to be checked

Interlingua: (please verify) introducer Woiwurrung: (please verify) geerp

Anagrams

• reduction

Galician

Verb

introduce

1. inflection of introducir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Verb

introduce

1. present of introducer
2. imperative of introducer

Italian

Verb

introduce

1. third-person singular present indicative of introdurre

Anagrams

• decurtino

Latin

Verb

intrōdūce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of intrōdūcō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin introducere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [in.troˈdu.t͡ʃe]

Verb

a introduce (third-person singular present introduce, past participle introdus, third-person subjunctive introducă) 3rd conjugation

1. (transitive) to insert
2. (transitive) to establish, enact (to appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.)

Conjugation

    conjugation of introduce (third conjugation, past participle in -s)

infinitive			a introduce
gerund			introducând
past participle			introdus
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	introduc	introduci	introduce	introducem	introduceți	introduc
	imperfect	introduceam	introduceai	introducea	introduceam	introduceați	introduceau
	simple perfect	introdusei	introduseși	introduse	introduserăm	introduserăți	introduseră
	pluperfect	introdusesem	introduseseși	introdusese	introduseserăm	introduseserăți	introduseseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să introduc	să introduci	să introducă	să introducem	să introduceți	să introducă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		introdu			introduceți
	negative		nu introduce			nu introduceți

Further reading

• “introduce”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Spanish

Verb

introduce

1. inflection of introducir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative